No Charges Filed Against Former UCSF Surgeon Arrested For Selling Drugs

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- San Francisco prosecutors have declined to file charges against a former University of California at San Francisco surgeon who was arrested and jailed last week on drug charges.

Christopher Owens, 49, was booked into San Francisco jail on Thursday on suspicion of numerous felony drug transportation and sale charges after his arrest by University of California police.

He remained in custody on Monday afternoon, with initial bail set at $1.98 million, according to jail records.

However, a spokesman for the District Attorney's Office said that while the case remains under investigation, prosecutors have declined to file charges at this time.

Owens, whose staff profile appears to have been deleted from the UCSF website, was an associate professor of surgery in the division of vascular and endovascular surgery.

Calls to UCSF for additional information were not returned Monday afternoon.

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